Vanesa is an uncommon variant of Vanessa that peaked in 2002 and has since faded.
Vanesa is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,872 for girl births in the United States (and #8,436 across all names), given to 28 babies. Vanesa was first reported in SSA data in 1953 and peaked in 2002 (271 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | #4,872 | — |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | #5,431 | — |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | #5,375 | — |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | #5,166 | — |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | #5,560 | — |
| 2020 | 22 | 22 | #5,657 | — |
| 2019 | 32 | 32 | #4,431 | — |
| 2018 | 30 | 30 | #4,655 | — |
| 2017 | 41 | 41 | #3,765 | — |
| 2016 | 42 | 42 | #3,702 | — |
| 2015 | 54 | 54 | #3,126 | — |
| 2014 | 68 | 68 | #2,614 | — |
| 2013 | 84 | 84 | #2,235 | — |
| 2012 | 133 | 133 | #1,627 | — |
| 2011 | 108 | 108 | #1,872 | — |
| 2010 | 118 | 118 | #1,760 | — |
| 2009 | 175 | 175 | #1,363 | — |
| 2008 | 231 | 231 | #1,121 | — |
| 2007 | 236 | 236 | #1,101 | — |
| 2006 | 220 | 220 | #1,129 | — |
| 2005 | 209 | 209 | #1,128 | — |
| 2004 | 220 | 220 | #1,057 | — |
| 2003 | 240 | 240 | #970 | — |
| 2002 | 271 | 271 | #852 | — |
| 2001 | 217 | 217 | #992 | — |
| 2000 | 197 | 197 | #1,059 | — |
| 1999 | 213 | 213 | #974 | — |
| 1998 | 225 | 225 | #928 | — |
| 1997 | 246 | — | #842 | — |
| 1996 | 237 | — | #842 | — |
| 1995 | 183 | — | #1,015 | — |
| 1994 | 209 | — | #914 | — |
| 1993 | 164 | — | #1,102 | — |
| 1992 | 151 | — | #1,169 | — |
| 1991 | 166 | — | #1,089 | — |
| 1990 | 151 | — | #1,145 | — |
| 1989 | 136 | — | #1,198 | — |
| 1988 | 119 | — | #1,248 | — |
| 1987 | 119 | — | #1,215 | — |
| 1986 | 120 | — | #1,186 | — |
| 1985 | 125 | — | #1,184 | #7,535 |
| 1984 | 129 | — | #1,086 | — |
| 1983 | 116 | — | #1,149 | — |
| 1982 | 82 | — | #1,472 | — |
| 1981 | 67 | — | #1,713 | — |
| 1980 | 56 | — | #1,934 | — |
| 1979 | 51 | — | #2,018 | — |
| 1978 | 34 | — | #2,568 | — |
| 1977 | 48 | — | #2,025 | — |
| 1976 | 29 | — | #2,726 | — |
| 1975 | 25 | — | #2,964 | — |
| 1974 | 17 | — | #3,858 | — |
| 1973 | 12 | — | #4,855 | — |
| 1972 | 16 | — | #3,887 | — |
| 1971 | 26 | — | #2,798 | — |
| 1970 | 16 | — | #3,864 | — |
| 1969 | 8 | — | #5,953 | — |
| 1968 | 13 | — | #3,988 | — |
| 1967 | 10 | — | #4,606 | — |
| 1966 | 10 | — | #4,476 | — |
| 1965 | 10 | — | #4,482 | — |
| 1964 | 15 | — | #3,506 | — |
| 1963 | 10 | — | #4,523 | — |
| 1962 | 14 | — | #3,584 | — |
| 1961 | 17 | — | #3,183 | — |
| 1960 | 13 | — | #3,677 | — |
| 1959 | 9 | — | #4,609 | — |
| 1958 | 18 | — | #2,857 | — |
| 1957 | 9 | — | #4,523 | — |
| 1956 | 10 | — | #4,150 | — |
| 1955 | 5 | — | #6,680 | — |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #6,572 | — |
| 1953 | 7 | — | #5,001 | — |